2012-22298. Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations for Hampden County, MA, and Incorporated Areas

AGENCY:

Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION:

Proposed rule; withdrawal.

SUMMARY:

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is withdrawing its proposed rule concerning proposed flood elevation determinations for Hampden County, Massachusetts, and Incorporated Areas.

DATES:

This withdrawal is effective on September 11, 2012.

ADDRESSES:

You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-1066, to Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, [phone], or (email) [e-mail].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, [phone], or (email) [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

On September 8, 2009, FEMA published a proposed rulemaking at 74 FR 46047, proposing flood elevation determinations along one or more flooding sources in Hampden County, Massachuhsetts. FEMA is withdrawing the proposed rulemaking and intends to publish a Notice of Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations in the Federal Register and a notice in the affected community's local newspaper following issuance of a revised preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map and Flood Insurance Study report.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4104; 44 CFR 67.4.

Dated: September 3, 2012.

Sandra K. Knight,

Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.